Plenty of curators can add a song to a playlist. Jacob Moore built something harder to copy: a discovery brand that gives emerging artists context. Since launching Pigeons & Planes in 2008, Moore has helped the platform move from rapid-fire blogging into Spotify...
Zack Bia’s influence cannot be measured by one giant Spotify playlist. His real playlist is the room: DJ booths, studios, group chats, parties and social feeds where records move from private discovery to public conversation.That makes his career useful for...
Cole Bennett is not a traditional Spotify playlist curator. His influence comes from something independent rappers need just as badly: the ability to make discovery feel bigger than one song. Through Lyrical Lemonade, Bennett turned music videos, interviews, live...
